Events
Integrating public health into forest and fire management
Webinar recording. Integrating Public Health into Forest and Fire Management, presented by Savannah M D’Evelyn, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Washington, on November 17, 2023. This webinar is part of a monthly series hosted by the International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF), the Pau Costa Foundation (PCF), and the Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) to…
Science-based guidelines for safe application of vegetation maps derived from satellite imagery
Webinar recording. Cara Applestein, Samuel "Jake" Price, and Matt Germino, USGS, present their latest work on accuracy assessments of the newest mapped products for burned areas. They will give guidelines for reliable application, including stating what is "unsafe" application, what the scientific basis for the guidelines are, and examples of how they use the data.…
National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Conference
Meeting webpage. The National Association of Extension Program and Staff Development Professionals (NAEPSDP) Conference Committee is requesting presentation proposals for the 2023 Annual Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. Topics…
Developing community wildfire protection plans
Webinar registration. In this webinar, you will learn: what a CWPP is and why your community may need one, what the process involves and what the components are, what resources you need to complete a CWPP, cost ranges for contractors vs in-house, how to use CWPPs to support funding for implementation and more!
10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress
Visit conference website. The Association for Fire Ecology (AFE) is excited to announce that the 10th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress will be held December 4-8, 2023 in Monterey,…
Developing a next-generation wildland fire intelligence platform
Webinar recording. There is a compelling business case for additional investment in enhanced data acquisition and analysis to better assess the safety and effectiveness of wildfire management. As a result…
Wildlife and fire in the Southwest
The Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, USDA Forest Service, and many other organizations are hosting a yearlong series of workshops and webinars to advance wildlife management relating to fire in…
Linking heterogeneity at the WUI to wildfire dynamics
Webinar recording. The complex interactions between atmospheric and fire-induced winds are a persistent obstacle to accurately predicting wildfire front behavior. There are a multitude of wildfire spread models, with one…
Natural Range of Variation (NRV) in the montane conifer forests of southern California
Webinar recording. We conducted a natural range of variation (NRV) assessment of montane conifer forests in the Transverse and Peninsular Mountain Ranges of southern California. Using current and historical literature…
Assessing ecological integrity and estimating ecological outcomes: Overview of the terrestrial condition assessment
Webinar recording. In this LANDFIRE Office Hour, USFS Ecologist Sarah Anderson discusses the behind the scenes operations of the Terrestrial Condition Assessment (TCA). She explains the model design and indicators…